The application forms to apply to the BB banks are so tiresome. I’m currently on an internship and, quite frankly, I am not bothered to complete 6 numerical tests. My question is, are there any banks, possibly even MM banks that are easier to apply to? I’ve done 3 BB applications but cannot being myself to do anymore. Responses are greatly appreciated.
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Are you serious? No investment bank, (BB, EB, MM - not even Tobin & Co.) will want to hire someone who throws in the towel before submitting an application.
I can understand other barriers to entry like going to a non-target, having a low GPA, zero experience, no network - but not being able to fill out the application itself.... that's a first.
If you can’t handle the heat... get out of the kitchen
This post summarizes about 80% of the people who say they want to go into high finance. They want the prestige and money without putting in any of the work. If you can’t even spend the time to fill out an application, how can any banker expect you to turn v20 of the pitch you’re working on? Or take the time to double and triple check your work? Or go through your model line by line to see where the error is occurring? Finance is full of menial, annoying tasks from demanding people. Lots of what you do may end up going in the bin because it wasn’t needed or you didn’t win a mandate. Save yourself the trouble and pick a different field.
Check out Lehman Brothers application
In this thread, people who have never recruited for EMEA or APAC...
OP has a point, the app process in those areas IS tedious and IS incredibly draining. Almost every single bank or consulting firm requires bespoke cover letters or 250 to 1000 words of application questions (imagine behavioral interview questions in essay form), on top of filling out a god awful form that is an exact repeat of your CV, then doing a series of 1-4+ psychometric tests and finally video interviews before you even talk to a human being.
On top of that, ACs with a bunch of neurotic folks wanting to seem all "gung-ho" in the presentation or group assessment by speaking over everyone else. It's an absolute shit show of a process to go through there's no arguing that.
That said OP, no way around it. If you want the job you have to jump through those hoops. If you don't, 20 people after you will.